Southeast Asia

The Philippines' first floating solar testbed to withstand typhoons is in a region that has on average 20 storms a year. It will also assess framed and frameless PV modules.

Srepek 1 and Quang Minh plants took around three months to build and are reportedly Vietnam’s largest operational PV project to date.

A 9.8MW dual installation financed, built and run by Cleantech Solar for cement supplier comes to bolster modest large-scale PV scene in Asian state.

Indian investigator recommends EVA sheet anti-dumping duties, ReNew Power secures up to $$350 Million financing from OPIC, Sungrow hits 3GW of shipments in India, MNRE approves funding for clean energy R&D, Tata Power Solar launches residential rooftop solution at Guwahati, Assam.

Builder SHS Holdings warns country’s authorities could tear up PPA as plant may not be delivered in time despite deadline extension.

Combined with the already operational 50MW Tarlac-1 solar project, this will be the largest PV project in Luzon.

The Energy Commission of Malaysia has released a tender for 500MWac of grid-connected large-scale solar projects to be developed on Peninsular Malaysia.

Enerwhere and Etihad Esco near completion of Middle East's largest solar rooftop, B.Grimm unit going for 70MW of rooftop solar development, Kasapreko and CrossBoundary Energy commission 400kW Ghana solar plant.

The Senate committee examining a house bill granting a PV mini-grid franchise to renewable energy firm Solar Phillippines has been debating the reach of the franchise as well as its exclusivity, with the discussion to reconvene in May after the general election.

The Photovoltaik-Institut Berlin (PI Berlin) has released a new study analysing over time its solar PV panel quality control audits that have topped 250 at more than 120 panel manufacturers worldwide to highlight the current status of ‘quality’, while dispelling long-held misconceptions of the type and location of manufacturers in the quality pecking order.